An Early Green Roof. With Houses.
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09. 5.07
During World War II there was some concern that the Japanese might attack the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft plant, so they decided to camouflage it- by turning it into a subdivision. It looks quite bucolic, with streets, cars and houses. ::Core77 calls it "largest trompe l'oeil ever made. It's Christo meets Carpaccio...meets G.I. Joe."
Enough with just building green roofs, let's put housing, trees and playgrounds on factory roofs everywhere- this looks quite charming. ::eatliver via ::Core77
I wonder how much the rent was for the homes on that roof? They should have had workers living in them to shorten the commuting time. Great pics.